What Happens When A Champion Resembles A Real Person?

[@SpeedyBozar]

Yuumi is a cat, I have a cat. Unbelievable.

[@kaird3873]

but you're not a cat🥸

[@PeacefulSasuke]

Better take it to court, they copied your cat.

[@Echokeres]

My cat one time sat down on my book. Riot give me my money

[@justlucifer.]

Anivia is a bird, I've a pet Bird... uhhh... riot?

[@thissouei6771]

​@@PeacefulSasuke and have Yuumi deleted

[@swonino]

If the woman had a hoverboard powered by extinct sentient being then she might've won the case

[@KeitieKalopsia]

Lol

[@evgeniblanchard675]

It was retcon :(

[@anitoancognita7060]

*extinct sentient being who's soul is trapped in a crystal and in extreme pain every time it is used to power such technology

[@JulianneStingray]

@@anitoancognita7060 retconned bud

[@anitoancognita7060]

@@JulianneStingray crimes can never be forgotten😔 trauma never be rocovered😫

[@evanderchan8475]

main character syndrome is strong with this one 😂

[@TheRealCalPerr]

To be fair, she has the same argument as a case that already won Maybe she doesn't really believe it but just wants money

[@coreo6688]

Hope she wins , I can't ping Karthus ult? economic destruction for riot

[@og8263]

​@@TheRealCalPerr no... No she doesn't. That guy is famous, she's just some twitter user

[@Sherfiee]

yeah no, wont happen​@@coreo6688

[@kingvegas1000]

honestly it wasnt that time because before seraphine reveal riot ran a twitter account with eery similar content to said woman and it was believable she could have been the inspiration. until ofc a rioter came out saying seraphine was modeled after his wife lul

[@thismightbeyou]

Pink haired white woman with a pet cat? Damn she's the most unique person I've ever heard of.

[@professeurmythologeek7695]

Wait, i'm white, i'm short, Ezreal is white and short, I LL SUE RIOT THIS INSTANT !

[@kaworuswife]

It’s not like that lol, Nicolai didn’t cover the story well

[@Zorroark]

I'm fat and I have a beard, Riot clearly made Gragas to be just like me, therefore I will be taking legal action for making Gragas sexier than me.

[@jojofanboy688]

​@@Zorroark im gay and im trash wait yasuo is shit IM GONNA SUE RIOT

[@Jessie-Shorts]

Your bussy ain't as juicy as his tho

[@Shavitalan]

​@@jojofanboy688everyone was funny except you bro.

[@IamFrost]

Every girl with pink hair and a cat: are we a joke to you?

[@ReigoVassal]

"I'm an alcoholic and fat. Gragas also alcoholic and fat. I'll sue Riot for that."

[@マリア-o4s]

i gotta see you with the kda skin first 😫

[@notpowder5831]

​@@マリア-o4s Reigo can sue and get all KDA Gragas's revenue

[@wintasnow4432]

amen

[@burimsaliji23]

I'll sue them first 😝

[@CoffeeSipper555]

Yes but you are not famous and People don't buy gragas skin for you. Davids is insanely famous and that skin is fuckin identical to him.

[@justhereee]

The Lucian one was spot on. Jesus, riot said ctrl c + ctrl v 💀

[@homunculus7]

They don't even have the same head shape or facial structure they were just black with dreads and wore sports glasses my nephew has those for when he plays soccer. It's stupid and should have been thrown out

[@justhereee]

@@homunculus7 well, no,

[@ALittleMessi]

​@homunculus7 the biggest issue with that is that it's football themed. Edgar David's look is EXTREMELY iconic in the sport and he's a pretty damn famous player. It's a very specific set of features that are honestly very uncommon amongst footballers. Even amongst players with dreads, basically none have that exact look, which is the same style of dreads as Davids. To my knowledge no other player with dreads wore the iconic glasses that he did. Put that all together and it's a hell of a coincidence that your footballer skin so closely resembles a famous footballer.

[@emilemil1]

Lucian's base skin already has dreads, the skin only adds glasses.

[@The_Lightless]

@@emilemil1the glasses were the issue, those are too iconic to him.

[@monkeybench]

A fact she left out: She was dating an intern at Riot Games. Nobody with actual sway in art or character design

[@ylvae1068]

A fact you left out, he was obsessed with her, to an incel-like degree

[@HaventSleptIn30Years]

Still an intern​@@ylvae1068

[@IzameBirb]

@@ylvae1068would that matter if bro had no say in the design process

[@ylvae1068]

​@@IzameBirb Because having no say is the same as not being able to talk at all? xD Riot knows what skins sell and what did Seraphine do???? Sell a shit load of skins

[@DrPepperFan]

​@ylvae1068 what the fuck does that have to do with what anything is said? You think theyre going to listen to an intern? You dont even know what fucking section he worked on holy

[@vsimp2956]

The second girl is just plain delusional lmao

[@youknownothingjohnsnow7475]

i find it rather dishonest that the video left out the pics from that Seraphine twitter that were actually pretty much a copy of some of her photos, but hey, gotta fit the popular narrative of delulu wahmen, right?

[@cadetsparklez3300]

honestly looked pretty similar, same glasses

[@AccelSternritter]

​@@youknownothingjohnsnow7475 hop off the internet

[@rannierunsfast]

I owned a teddy bear as a kid. Annie based on me ima sue

[@nartdarym4237]

As a guy with a lamppost doesn't mean that I am Jax

[@northernalpine4350]

Im fat, Gragas is fat Imma sue

[@Mani_says_nya]

​@northernalpine4350 wait ima a fat dude who drinks alcohol ....imma also sue

[@zzzdarkcloudzzz4233]

​@@nartdarym4237 Ayoo, Jax main watchu doing near an Annie comment? 🤨📸

[@fatjontredhaku388]

Wut da dawg doin'?🤨📸🤨​@@nartdarym4237

[@EdZ3rD]

That girl is the "we've got seraphine at home" version of the actual seraphine

[@bug5654]

Not with those 2nd degree burns you just gave her, damn.

[@andyzillla4133]

That serahphine one is pushing

[@GinkgoPete]

If it had led to Seraphine being taken out of the game then im all for it.

[@bryanr8398]

​@@GinkgoPeteyou mad seraphine got a kill from your dead body

[@shenyang6111]

​@@GinkgoPete ngl I agree.

[@Vivi_Hanako]

​@@shenyang6111same

[@Bunny2319b]

😭she really thinks she’s THAT pretty

[@hesitant1757]

I’m a chemist, Singed is a chemist. * writing a lawsuit *

[@censordcensored7964]

Nhaa bro you're Walter White

[@KillerBee698]

mix, mix, swirl, mix

[@EeveeRealSenpai]

​@@KillerBee698this quote lives rent free in my head

[@AsteriskDelta]

Nah, don't think you've committed warcrimes

[@DanikDanikDanikDanikDanik]

The Seraphine one is just dementia

[@enziiv5295]

true

[@Shmoury]

true

[@Xarl-VIII]

yeah the girl looks like goblin

[@hannahbonanza]

ugly girls are somehow always the most narcissistic

[@grrumakemeangry]

sukuna is a weak fraud

[@xklien]

I knew i recognized urgot from somewhere, riot will be hearing from my lawyer soon...

[@dsenvy]

The same case with a poster girl from GTA. The case closed with 'its just an ordinary teen girl image', meaning she's basically common lmao

[@GankAlpaca]

Imagine court rules that you are in fact npc😂

[@adhennakbar4516]

the new GTA6 trailer based on florida have notorious florida joker as well... joke try to sue Rockstar instead

[@maxxvii2037]

That's not what ordinary means tho

[@dsenvy]

@@maxxvii2037 find the synonyms of 'ordinary'

[@princetamrac1180]

Legally basic 😂

[@censordcensored7964]

I talked to my Scythe on a daily basis i must sue riot

[@eK1ngY999]

True bro i am the scythe fr fr remember me?

[@danielwojno4354]

So whos gonna win scythe or human?

[@eightwinter3082]

Caseoh should definitely sue riot with all that cho'gath similarities 💀

[@Zgrywus100]

Or Tahm Kench

[@dontknow2779]

Nah gragass

[@konodioda8493]

Yepp you're banned

[@Smashedhiskeyboardupinthewoods]

Gragas bruh

[@notanerd6838]

you mean gragas?

[@TR0NDAONE]

Bro said "im uncomfortable this character looks kinda like me gimme money"

[@sleepyheartss]

He wasn’t uncomfortable. They were using his likeness to make money. He wanted his cut which is simply fair thing to ask.

[@LIMERAGE]

@@sleepyheartss He was talking about the girl, despite saying bro, but that's how the meme goes

[@MrGamegeorge]

Serahine is actually based on the designer's wife who made her.

[@hugglepuff1]

That's Leona.

[@DCDsauce]

​@@hugglepuff1Ashe too, Marc Merrill's wife is named Ashley iirc. So it's not impossible

[@dominicguye8058]

​@DCDsauce I think it is pretty common in the gaming industry for developers to base the appearances of attractive characters on their spouses

[@bug5654]

@@dominicguye8058 If you're going to stare at someone all day, might as well be one you find hot.

[@pokemonlover4894]

​@@hugglepuff1 leona is based on a god from greek mythology not a irl person

[@j4szczomp657]

Gal thought she was the protagonist 😂

[@_Iron_Hide_]

Ain't gonna lie I would be so excited knowing I'm actually in a game like league

[@NightLife360]

You would also like a cut, since they are making money of you

[@_Iron_Hide_]

Yh I would

[@Enerva_Ursa]

i wouldnt lol, id rather be in a fun game

[@SencoO0]

Yes. But you can make millions of dollars from suing, that gets to a lot of people.

[@plasmaflippy9376]

2nd one has some serious superiority complex lmaooo

[@berniedelacruz4105]

The 2nd one was just 😂😂😂 Girl really thought she's the only girl with pink hair and has a cat

[@Stabitty]

I should've sued riot when Seraphine was released cuz I also had pink hair and a cat! And I even was a backup singer, missed opportunity

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

I wonder what % of girls with pink hair also have a cat

[@user-vs6oe8fl3m]

​@@Kyle-nm1kh80%

[@MorbidEel]

The most important difference is that the football player probably has their likeness trademarked. You can sue people for just about anything but to actually win you are going to need a legal justification for that suit otherwise you are just wasting money. Even if the lawyer is free there are filing fees for the court.

[@PointsofData]

"Trademark law protects individuals from the unauthorized use of their image or likeness even where the celebrity owns no trademark registration for his or her name, image, or likeness."

[@largeshadow7017]

Nah all the humans in league are humans like us, we better sue fr

[@espernova228]

I identify as a unmilkable tank

[@evilshadowshadow1249]

@@espernova228dmn bro too short to be “milkable” huh?

[@espernova228]

@@evilshadowshadow1249 unless u prefer yogurt

[@marce4241]

The thing is, the football thing is way more obvious than just also having a damn cat. And it helps that Edgar, probably had 10x better lawyers

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

Probably was a successful lawsuit because... dun dun dun that's who riot was inspired by so the Suit was based on truth

[@riccardocalosso5688]

I knew Gragas looked familiar!

[@NiXx2863]

Caseoh

[@WoofyMcDoodle]

​@@NiXx2863okay youre banned

[@alanedgarfillinpillin8880]

​@@WoofyMcDoodle banned who?

[@FirstLast-xz4ty]

​@@NiXx2863BANNED

[@zorenmaniego5698]

​​@@NiXx2863Yep you're banned. Have a good night.

[@piyoweb]

That football player case seemed much stronger..... That teenager though, pink hair, cat!!?? Lol,no way 😂😂😅😊

[@c.i.a6519]

Kha'zix has the same posture, face and even voice like mine This has gone far enough RIOT

[@Gab12345BR]

posture and voice are already weird, but the FACE bro? nah nah nah

[@BALTHAZAR_GELT]

Do you also live and hunt in a forest?

[@EeveeRealSenpai]

Bro is canonically a bug 💀

[@eebbaa5560]

change is good

[@ovento7438]

I found you! * lion's roar*

[@lucasdecarvalhoandrademaza3133]

That's one hell of pride... imagine if every 2 to 3 things that are alike between a fictional character and a real life human was meant to be references

[@mortarion9787]

The narcissism is unreal 😂😂😂

[@Straxus]

Who tf gave her all that confidence 💀

[@EeveeRealSenpai]

Twitter culture I guess

[@LuxiBelle]

Everyone hated seraphine at launch and everyone dabbed on her.

[@GGGONEXT67]

Simps online like always

[@Kenhnau_reeves]

They should add a note that says "This game is Fiction, Any resemblance to actual persons, Living or dead is purely coincidental" to stop people like that girl.

[@doggydoggy578]

What about the football player ?double standard much ?

[@Kenhnau_reeves]

@@doggydoggy578 "Purely Coincidental". That note isn't to fix their problems, It's to prevent problems that may appear in the future.

[@OllieJsonable]

@@doggydoggy578 In that specific case it's quite obvious that it's not coincidental, as there are barely any football players with glasses yet Lucian suddenly has the same kind of glasses as Edgar. Hell, search "football players with glasses" and there is like 10 pics of Edgar Davids and no one else.

[@MrBaris115]

Even in cases where you claim its purely "coincidental" does not save you.

[@Kenhnau_reeves]

@@MrBaris115 It can. Many games already has these warnings before playing them.

[@lawrencef1631]

After I watched this, I can confirm that people nowadays need to chill and enjoy life 🙂.

[@the_soggster3464]

Sounds like the football player had more money to pay for a better lawyer than the other lady lmao.

[@davidrzvn]

Come on man. Some people really are that iconic

[@5000Seabass]

“I have pink hair and a cat” Actual brain worms

[@LoreWhoreHistorian]

Girl was reaching with that one😭

[@AikaHoshii]

Every league player will be sueing riot because amumu is based on them; friendless, depressed and no one wants to come near them.

[@ic0nrc]

PLSSS the Seraphine one 😭 like girl literally NO ONE KNOWS YOU like 😭

[@BrownGoatEnthusiast]

She dated a riot employee who joked about putting her in the game, pretty decent grounds.

[@fatherpucci6111]

​@@BrownGoatEnthusiast damn, if joke can be used like that. I better not joke about 9/11 too much, or they might suspect me

[@BrownGoatEnthusiast]

@fatherpucci6111 it's more like if you used to be related to an al-Qaeda member who vaguely told you the plans for 9/11. Wait wtf am I saying bro this is way too much

[@fatherpucci6111]

@@BrownGoatEnthusiast nahh, im a relative of a CIA Agent. He told me everything

[@SgtDahaka]

character breathes, I breath. Mindblowing

[@siennahartle9069]

Imagine thinking you’re so unique for having pink hair and a cat that you try to sue a video game company 😂😂😂

[@Saida___]

Imagine they just gave lucian skin out for free for all player instead so whatever the player sue for would be $0 and he be paying lawyers fees 😂

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

Would work but also make riot less money than just splitting profits

[@Hosigie]

I also had pink hair for a period, yet I don't go around saying Seraphine is based on me.

[@pharoahanakaris3202]

I am a ruler of a once ancient yet thriving desert kingdom and I wear a bird mask. Ima sue riot

[@Zgrywus100]

Gigachads: I will sue Riot for making Mordekaiser/Garen.

[@TheAz0680]

Nah, gigachad would like it and be a garen main

[@CanComp]

Only hyperstuck irons are allowed to play garen, without feeling guilty for abusing this character.

[@justinjakeashton]

@@CanComp Losing to the guy with 0 CC, dashes, %health damage, healing, shielding, teleports or teamfight power. Kekw.

[@aatroxtheworldender933]

​@@justinjakeashtoncharacter that has 200 armor with only plated steelcaps. The amount of base stats the mfker has is insane.

[@Skylite420]

Garen is the far from a chad

[@b1g.r0ck]

Malphite basically is a big rock. Guess I'll have to sue Riot Games 🗿

[@ham7130]

If riot somehow made a skin or champion that looks like me, I'd be the happiest human to ever exist

[@sleepyheartss]

That’s because you’re poor

[@MetaGiga]

Cho’Gath looks like me and goes to parties for the food. Better find a lawyer

[@mclama1139]

The sera one was almost confirmed

[@genericname8749]

Every owner with a pitbull named Princess ate good when Naafiri came out

[@eK1ngY999]

Fr 😭

[@tjgh2764]

Not even with all the photoshop of this world IS that delusion in a worlds distance of being valid😂

[@ahlrequin]

The second woman just wanted the money! She wasn’t even the only one trying to get this bag lmao

[@themainmanphi1246]

Yo I have a grapple gun. Akshan has a grspple gun. I'll sue yo ass, Rito!!!

[@AccelSternritter]

"She has pink hair and I have pink hair, she's definitely based on me" Talk about being delusional 😂

[@flori1493]

the seraphine thing goes very much deeper. the riot employee kind of stalked her and literally told her to make her an ingame character

[@doclinny]

No, and he wasn't even a designer

[@flori1493]

@@doclinny this is your defense? damn

[@flickeringpih]

Yuumi is designed after my cat, Ill sue them for that

[@Wraith2791]

"I have pink hair and glasses, so does this champion art, i want it GONE!"

[@irun2sanaxox]

uncomfortable with similarities, she just wanted some money too lol

[@warmfrosting]

I'm going to sue riot for using my chicken for azir's model

[@Drehmomentdante]

Imagine you're so desperate that you have to sue them for making a champion

[@safehouse432]

The second story reminded me of a story where a hipster threatened to sue claiming an article used his image without his permission, but it was some one else entirely different and the story was about the hipster effect - "the counterintuitive phenomenon in which people who oppose mainstream culture all end up looking the same."

[@declaringpond2276]

If you look up the full story, she dated a riot employee and they broke up not too long ago. Then seraphine got promoted and people asked her "do you work for riot?" And she found out her ex turned her into a champion

[@calypselle2254]

@@declaringpond2276why are you supporting this chicks delusions lol

[@gkovachev]

'' I Have stage 5 schizophrenia Jinx is based on me, I'll sue Riot!''

[@angelosorio8371]

Which means that she had worse lawyers

[@hunglee7529]

In the case of the football player when the skin came out people pointed that out and riot admitted the skin was inspired and also tagged the football player. He was friendly about it until he got greedy and decided to sue. The seraphine one is completely stupid as there could be thousands of people that look like that

[@HaventSleptIn30Years]

Lmao bro she looks basic af

[@evgeniblanchard675]

It was not only unsuccessfull claim but also that riot proved that Seraphine was based upon a riot employee gf who was also working for riot.

[@declaringpond2276]

If you look up the full story, she dated a riot employee and they broke up not too long ago. Then seraphine got promoted and people asked her "do you work for riot?" And she found out her ex turned her into a champion Also please do a better job covering stuff like this? It also talks about the predatory nature of seraphines promotions, how they were trying to cultivate parasocial relationships to sell skins

[@zerodawn09]

you do know many champions take a long time to make and did you ever think she might have been bitter at him and tried to make trouble for him at his work even tho she broke it off? it wouldnt be the first time someone tried that.

[@declaringpond2276]

@@zerodawn09 she didn't sue, she only made one post, she didn't pursue it futher than just notifying the people messaging her.

[@zerodawn09]

@@declaringpond2276 uh didnt the video say the courts ruled in riots favor and i swear thats what i heard too. so how do they rule in her favor but she didnt sue?

[@declaringpond2276]

@@zerodawn09 the first guy might have sued. Again I wouldn't trust this guy, since the second person never sued and he said she did.

[@dracomalfoyvevo]

The Seraphine one is straight up "she... she's litterally me 😍😍😍😍"

[@deadpoolrocks2654]

okay tbf she does look IDENTICAL to seraphine lmao

[@Rikamiza]

"I have a twin and i barely talk, yup, aphelios is based on me, i sue them "

[@oskar4418]

The second girl is literally: „We have seraphine at home, Seraphine at home:”

[@oriba7815]

The funny things is that she would have won a lot of fame is she just cosplayed the character instead of being angry lol

[@numberse7en233]

Well, i think Warwick is based on me, angry, hungry, howling

[@chaoticneutral783]

Yasuo is LITERALLY me, see you in court Rito, bring your wallet.

[@frostwickedpaw2218]

I have a mute friend who plays instruments and has blue hair, I'll see you in court riot

[@vivid5467]

davis one is understandable but seraphine is crazy😭

[@KrillixKai]

Taric has long flowing hair, I have long flowing hair. Conclusion, I must be Taric.

[@Rexog90]

Also that model that claimed that Irelia's face on that cinematic was directly based on hers

[@BigFalopa]

SINGS OF LOVE MENTIONED 🗣🗣🗣🔥🗣🔥🔥🗣‼️‼️‼️🗣🔥🗣🗣🗣

[@ilovetweek000]

Hey i'm thin and people run away from me, therefore i am fiddlesticks

[@unknow11712]

there is kogmaw , that is the copy of my moster under the bed , we will see you in court riot .

[@Angelo.019]

"Omg the characters breath and i also breath, they must've based it on me, I will sue RIOT!!"

[@Hazyhazefq4eh]

Girl no one was trying to base their character off you 😭

[@kittiefloyd]

that seraphine one cracked me up

[@4rifr0mthe3nd]

The relationship thing does sound understandable in some way

[@maddy399]

she looked exactly like sera in those photos but thinking it’s on purpose and not coincidence is crazy

[@tb124.gaming]

I’m gonne sue Riot, because I’m a man with glasses and short hair, and I’m pretty sure they have some guys like me!

[@Lugghandle]

That character breathes! Riot is definitely copying me.

[@JassLJ]

Why would anyone be upset that a Champ looked like them? I would be happy asf😂

[@visivoa7352]

So thats why every new hero is a creature of some sort.

[@Flame-XYZ]

damn she a whole different level of delulu

[@shalad5889]

I mean to be fair, the first skin definitely resembles the player, but the second skin is just pure main character syndrome

[@pangoomb6781]

"I'm a human and I'm alive, I better sue riot for every alive human in the game"

[@emmahansen7005]

As far as I can remember, her ex was on the balance team, not on champion design. Additionally, someone who actually worked on Seraphine's design (gameplay, I think) mentioned his own wife being an inspiration - and this woman also had pink hair.

[@duyanhpham9227]

I wonder if this was litigated by riots lawyer who voice acted „Brolaf“

[@noah-lf2mt]

the seraphine one really needs help cuz no one would actually make a character based on her 💀

[@DemonicYami7449]

For Seraphine, i think they discovered it was the ex of an employee, which makes sense then

[@santumi2298]

the first one is like yeah ok thats even the same team colors but the second???

[@jpg_jaguar9984]

"im black, wukong is 100% based on me"

[@arinararinnnn]

"My dad abandoned me and I love my mom, Sett's dad also abandoned him and he loves his mom, guess i'll sue"